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LA 2008: Kia's offers ex-Scion buyers a Soulful alternative

Toyota has taken a bit of heat for seemingly ungreening its Scion xB, which used a small, efficient engine housed in a small, efficient package that seated four occupants comfortably with room left over for their various belongings. Now, many believe that the current xB has been enlarged from the size of previous models to its detriment and has gotten a 2.4-liter injection of power that reduces efficiency noticeably. For those who wish Scion had left things well enough alone, Kia and Nissan have both introduced new boxy vehicles to take ... Read more →

LA 2008: Volkswagen Touareg V6 TDI, 25 mpg highway Sam Abuelsamid

Volkswagen is showing off the new Touareg V6 TDI at the LA Auto Show before it goes on sale in around March of 2009. The V6 TDI replaces the old V10 TDI in the lineup and uses the same 3.0L V6 ...

LA 2008: Nissan unboxes its Cube Jeremy Korzeniewski

Although we got an early peek at the new Nissan Cube before its official debut, the boxy little economy car had its formal introduction here at the LA Auto Show today. When it officially goes on ...

LA 2008: Volkswagen's imposing Touareg TDI Trophy Truck Jeremy Korzeniewski

Seriously, nobody in their right mind is going to suggest that racing across the Baja desert for about a thousand miles in any vehicle qualifies as green, but it takes place each and every year ...

LA 2008: Hyundai rolls out HED-5 i-Mode for first time on U.S. soil Jeremy Korzeniewski

We first saw Hyundai's rolling CUV shapeship, the HED-5 i-Mode, back in Geneva, but today at the LA Auto Show is the first time the Korean automaker has shown the car in the States. New to the ...

LA 2008: Toyota Camry CNG Hybrid 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Toyota isn't holding a press conference at the LA Auto Show this year, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have anything to show. The Prius purveyors have built a CNG-fueled Camry hybrid. According to Toyota spokesperson Jana Hartline, the purpose of the CNG hybrid is to demonstrate the ...

LA Preview: Officially, official 2010 Mazda3 sedan pics 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've been seeing spy photos of the next generation Mazda3 for months and now we finally have official photos of the new compact sedan that will debut at the LA Auto Show next month. While I recently speculated that the new 3 might just be a refresh rather than a full redesign based on the ...

Spy Shots: MINI EV may be making its debut at LA Auto Show 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We learned just a few months ago that BMW was preparing to build a fleet of 500 battery-powered MINIs that it would unleash for field testing in California. When we spoke to MINI USA VP Jim McDowell in July, the U.S. staff had been caught as off-guard by the announcement as we had and they didn't ...


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